A novel about life at the fight against Chinese invasion in 1979 in the
northern border region has won the annual Award for Prose 2015 by the Ha
Noi Writers Association.
Writer Nguyen Dieu Linh has released her latest book entitled Thi Thanh
Ky (Chronicles of a City Dweller) with a Dutch version of her short
stories collection.
Veteran journalist Tran Mai Hanh won the Viet Nam Writers'' Association
most important prize of the 2014 year, poet Huu Thinh, chairman of the
association, confirmed yesterday.
Hollywood action star Gary Daniels (Expendables 2010) of the UK has been cast in the Vietnamese film Quyen, which is expected to be released next year.
The author of the well-known children''s tale, Adventures of a Cricket, To Hoai, yesterday passed away in Ha Noi at age 94, according to the Viet Nam Writers'' Association.
An essay and collection of notes by popular writer Ma Van Khang has been
ranked top among works of literature winning the annual Viet Nam
Writers'' Association prizes.
Nguyen Tri wrote his first book at 80 but has hit pay dirt, winning the
annual prize for best book in literary fiction from the Viet Nam
Writers Association.
Nguyen Bich Lan got an incurable disease at the age of 13, but she still
works as a writer and translator. She has translated 24 books, mostly
novels, into Vietnamese.
The Viet Nam Writers Association awarded its annual
prizes for the categories of literary, poetry and critical theory
yesterday at the Writers Association Museum.
The Ha Noi Writers Association has announced its
annual prizes, which recognise some of the most enjoyable books of the
year by writers based in the city.
Viet Nam will host the fourth annual Indochina
Literary Conference, attracting more than 100 writers from three
countries in the region including Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia.
